Joe Stout is known in the industry for his 30-year career in sanitation and hygienic design as the Director of Global Product Protection, Sanitation and Hygienic Design for Kraft Foods. Joe held a variety of positions in quality and sanitation. While at Kraft in his Product Protection role, he was responsible for global plant cleaning controls and processes, including allergen / pathogen control programs and pest control. His scope also included responsibility for hygienic design of facilities and equipment used in Kraft plants to ensure they were cleanable and effectively cleaned. In 2020 he served as Vice Chair for the GFSI Hygienic Design Technical Working Group.
Following retirement from Kraft in 2010 Joe founded Commercial Food Sanitation (CFS) with a focus on “continuous improvement in sanitation” offering consulting and training for the food industry globally – essentially doing for the industry what he did for Kraft. CFS grew to 40 members with offices in New Orleans, Shanghai, Amsterdam, Australia, and Brazil. He retired from CFS in June of 2025.
